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Nirvana photo courtesy of Sub Pop Perhaps no other day marks Seattle music history like April 5. Eighteen years ago today, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain took his life. Eight years later, on April 5, Alice in Chains' Layne Staley died from a drug overdose. But also on April 5, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready was born. (AIC's original bassist Mike Starr was born a day earlier.) So what better day to celebrate local music, particularly the era that made Seattle in/famous? On the Morning Show, John Richards is spinning all Seattle music, and you'll no doubt hear [...]